Snap-fastener socket



Jan. 28, 1930. D. l. REITER SNAP FASTENER SOCKET Filed Juiy 12, 1 28 ana 3 .1 .t.

y sin 0a A W i B 9 J I ZMWMWW v forms adapted to yieldingly hold an inserted f the part forming the bottom of the '70 Patented Jan. 28, I p r 2 UNITED-STATES PAT ENT o FIcE 4 y DANIEL '1. it ms, new 03K, N. Y.' b i by it v p snAr-rAsrnnER socxnr. Applicationfiled July 12,1928. Serial no. 292,221.

This invention relates to an improved snap 23 extending in spaced relation from the fastener socket adapted for general applicaouter wall of the channel. I r tion but particularly useful as a part of a rug If desired, the outer Wall 24 of the channel fastener or other'fastener intended to be submay be reinforced or stiffened by means of v 5- jected to the exacting conditions of unusually fingers 25, which may comprise parts of the heavy service. i a disk from which the device is made,'bent in- It is an object of the invention toprovide a Wardly and downwardly to the base of the socket member which may be made from a channel, as best illustrated in Fig. 3. Such single piece of metal'and which may include fingers may be disposed in alternate rela 10 a closed cup-like portion adapted to serve as a tion with respect to the prongs 23. sounding element, a number of spaced attach- The so'cket member may be provided with ing prongs, a channeled portion surrounding flexible stud-engaging fingers 26, which may e the cup-like portion, a number of reinforcalso comprise parts of the same disk from ing fingers disposed in an alternate relawh ch other portions of the socket member 15' tionship With respect to said prongs, and a are formed. In the preferred form illustrated plurality of resilient stud-engaging fingers 1n Figs. 1 t0 3,"inclusive', these fingers are inhi h may b t fr th o ti f th dicated as having been cut from parts of the member surrounding and extending into the- S ructure Surrounding and extending into outer part of thecupped portion andbent to the cup-like portion, the free ends being cut stud, the free ends of said fingers being cut Channeled portion 22 and their fast ends from from the material surrounding thef'studh par eXtQIldiIlg l h n the up-like receiving portion of the socket member and POIUOII- These fingers are preferably bent their fast ends being positioned Well within mW rdly to form the stud-engaging portions I 25 id ti 7 v e 27, thence outwardly as at 2 8,and thence up- In the accompanying drawings illustrating Wardly asat 29 as best indicated in Fig.3. the preferred and a modified form of snap If desired, the stud-engaging fingers 26 fastener Socket embodying h in t-bu may be disposed directly opposite to the m;

Fi 1 i a perspective i f a k t. inforclng fingers 25, which may be directed sogi hi h h i ti i b di d i it downwardly into the hook-like elements 7 eferred form. formed at the ends of the stud-engaging fin- Fi 2 i a f i f th k t ill gers, so as to serve as limiting stops theretrated in Fig. 1. r K for. l I W Fi 3 i a i f th k t 111 The stud 00 dlagrammatically indicatedin 3515 along th li 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. l may be secured to the floor by means Fig. 4 is a conventional View of astud of a Screw 3101" other PP P n g adapted to be snapped into an engaging relamembel'i and h socketmy be Sacured t tion with the socket member illustrated in or other q mi by the li Fiog 1 to 3 inclusive which may be nserted in the material/and 4O: iig. 5 is a cross-sectional view similar to bentdown agamst the Opposlte Surface? Q clinched'therein by any suitable tool. The g- 3 luustlatmg a Socket embodymg the rug'or floor. covering to which the-socket is invention'in a modified form 2 thus secured ma be held in lace b a f m f h to Flgs- 1 to ing the socket td the stud so as to chus d t li e 5 the invention is lllllStIEittECl as embodied in a latte/H0136 ap d into an engaging relation, 5, p fastener socket Whlch lts P f With-the partiof the; structure immediately form may be made from a l g P1606 0f surrounding the cup-like portion 21. metal and may include a closed cup-lik p It will be obvious that the socket member tion 21, a surrounding channeled portion 22, is adapted for general application and may 50 and a number of marginal attaching prongs be secured to: articles of fabric, leather, or

other sheet material, and that it may be used with a stud element which may also be secured to leather, fabric, or other sheet material, by means of spurs or other appropriate attaching means.

In designing the above-described fastener, each part has been so positioned as .to best serve its int nded function. The prongs are well separated, thereby providing means whereby the socket may be firmly secured to the article on which it is intended to be used. Portions of the metal lying between the prongs have been made use of in the reinforcement of the marginal portion of the socket. The central portion of the disk is made use of as a sounding element adapted to produce a resonant click or snap as the socket is forced into engaging relation with an inserted stud. The closed top of the sounding element serves as a thumb-piece when applying the socket to the stud and pre vents the soft material to which the socket may be secured from being forced into the studreceiving recess and deadeningthe sound. This is a matter of some considerable importance since customers frequently regard a snap fastener as being inefficient or defective if a Sharp snap or click is not produced when the stud and socket are forced into engagement with each other.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view, similar to Fig. 3, of a modified form of the invention, which differs from the form thus far described only in that the stud-engaging fingers 26 are bent inwardly as at 29' instead of being bent outwardiy. Other features of this modification correspond with those of the preferred form and need not be specifically referred to.

The invention is not intended to be limited to the forms herein disclosed for purposes of illustration but should be regarded as covering modifications and variations thereof witlr in the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A snap fastener socket member made from a single piece of metal comprising a cupped, central, stud-receiving portion, adapted to serve as a sounding element, an annular rim surrounding said cuppedportion, and spaced resilient stud-engaging fingers cut partly from said rim and partly from the outer part of the cupped portion and bent to forms adapted to yieldingly hold an inserted stud, the free ends of said fingers being cut from the rim and their fast ends being positioned well within said cupped portion.

2. A snap fastener socket member, as defined by claim 1, having the free ends of its stud-engaging fingers bent slightly into the stud-receiving ortion and thence outward ly, and upward y so as to terminate at points without the stud-receiving portion.

3. A snap fastener socket member made from a single piece of metal comprising a cupped, central, stud-receiving portion,

adapted to serve as a sounding element, a surrounding channeled portion, and resilient stud-engaging fingers having their free ends cut from the material forming the base of the channeled portion and their fixed ends from the material forming the outer part of the stud-receiving portion, said fingers being bent to forms adapted to yieldingly hold an inserted stud.

4. A snap fastener socket member, as defined by claim 3, having attaching prongs e. tending in spaced relation from the outer wall of the channeled portion.

5. A snap fastener socket member, as defined by claim 3, having reinforcing fingers bent inwardly and downwardly from the outer Wall of. the channeled portion, to the base of the channel.

6. A snap fastener socket member, as defined by claim 3, having the free ends of its stud-engaging fingers bent slightly into the stud-receiving portion and thence outwardly, and upwardly, so as to form a hook-like element terminating at points within said channeled portion, and having reinforcing fingers bent inwardly and downwardly from the outer wall of the channeled portion with their free ends extended into the hook-like portions of the stud-engaging fingers.

7. A snap fastener socket member, as defined by claim 3, having marginal attaching prongs extending in spaced relation from the outer wall of the channeled portion and reinforcing fingers alternating with said prongs and bent inwardly and downwardly from the outer wall of said channeled portion to the base of the channel, the prongengaging fingers being bent slightly into the stud-receiving portion, and thence outwardly and upwardly so as to terminate in hook-like elements each so positioned as to receive an end of one of the reinforcing fingers and lgave its range of free movement limited there- In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

DANIEL I. REITER. 

